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warning that romney and ryan would gut medicare at the expense of seniors. he struck on another top irthat could define this election. what else, but the actions. >> i'm not exaggerating here. you can go on their website and look at congressman ryan's budget. the centerpiece of governor romney's entire economic plan, is a new $5 trillion tax cut. a lot of it going to folks like me. a lot of it going to the wealthiest americans. his new running mate, congressman ryan, put forward a plan that would let governor romney pay less than 1% in taxes each year. that's a pretty good deal. just paying 1% in taxes. you're making millions of dollars. here's the kicker. they expect you to pick up the tab. >> are you following, by the way, folks? you have romney and ryan saying they won't gut medicare. they say they will. the latest edition of "newsweek" quote, hit the road, barack. why we need a new president. ferguson writes, in part, by picking ryan as his running mate, romney is a courageous leader who will not duck the challenges america faces. the voters now face a s
warning that romney and ryan would gut medicare at the expense of seniors. he struck on another top irthat could define this election. what else, but the actions. >> i'm not exaggerating here. you can go on their website and look at congressman ryan's budget. the centerpiece of governor romney's entire economic plan, is a new $5 trillion tax cut. a lot of it going to folks like me. a lot of it going to the wealthiest americans. his new running mate, congressman ryan, put forward a plan...
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paul ryan. romney/ryan, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there we go. that's great. thank you. >> meanwhile congressman ryan a big green bay packers fan vented about that call on monday night football. went on to compare the nfl's replacement refs, yes, to the obama administration. >> i got to start off on something that was really troubling that occurred last night. did you watch that packer game last night? i mean, give me a break. i half think that these refs work part-time for the obama administration in the budget office. trying to pick the winners and losers and they don't even do that very well. unlike the seattle seahawks last night, we want to deserve this victory. >> vice president joe biden meanwhile has beenle holding mock debate sessions with chris van holland and campaigned yesterday in the state of virginia, keeping romney's comments about the 47% in his line of attack. >> he attacks the 47% of the american people who he says paid no federal taxes. and he attacks, he, romney, attacking someone on taxes? woah. that's like me attacking someone for being
paul ryan. romney/ryan, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there we go. that's great. thank you. >> meanwhile congressman ryan a big green bay packers fan vented about that call on monday night football. went on to compare the nfl's replacement refs, yes, to the obama administration. >> i got to start off on something that was really troubling that occurred last night. did you watch that packer game last night? i mean, give me a break. i half think that these refs work part-time for the...
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not enthusiastic about mitt romney, very enthusiastic about ryan and romney. energized crowds around the country. romney drew some of the biggest crowds of his campaign. that is good not only for the optics of the campaign. but it's good for romney. he's a better candidate so far. that alchemy is good for the two of them. >> let's talk about the bad. we heard the case already from president obama about the budget. how would this hurt mitt romney? >> the president was planning to run against mitt romney on budget issues before he picked paul ryan. now that gets the focus off the economy which is where the republicans want it. if you look at polls of voters, paul ryan and mitt romney are on the short end of public opinion there. that is great for the democrats. they cannot believe, a lot of democrats i talked to, that romney went this direction. it allows them to go towards the budget issues rather than the economy. that is the whole ball of wax. republicans are going to have to take ryan and fuse the two together. they're going to have to say you must reduce th
not enthusiastic about mitt romney, very enthusiastic about ryan and romney. energized crowds around the country. romney drew some of the biggest crowds of his campaign. that is good not only for the optics of the campaign. but it's good for romney. he's a better candidate so far. that alchemy is good for the two of them. >> let's talk about the bad. we heard the case already from president obama about the budget. how would this hurt mitt romney? >> the president was planning to run...
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in iowa, paul ryan will be campaigning today. the des moines register has the president leading 49% to 45%, just 2% there are undecided. those numbers raising the stakes for the romney campaign ahead of wednesday's debate. right now expectations are with the president. 55% of likely voters expect him to win the debate. in preparation for the match-up, the president is hunkered down with his aides in nevada, romney spent the weekend practicing in boston. both sides looking to play the role of underdog in the debate, downplaying expectations and talking up the opponent, but not chris christie who spoke yesterday on "meet the press" about his confidence on the republican candidate. >> the general public i speak to in new jersey and elsewhere are just beginning to tune in to this race. they will tune in on wednesday night. when they do governor romney will lay out his vision for a better and greater america for greater opportunity for all of our citizens. i think that's when you will see this race start to tighten and then move in go
in iowa, paul ryan will be campaigning today. the des moines register has the president leading 49% to 45%, just 2% there are undecided. those numbers raising the stakes for the romney campaign ahead of wednesday's debate. right now expectations are with the president. 55% of likely voters expect him to win the debate. in preparation for the match-up, the president is hunkered down with his aides in nevada, romney spent the weekend practicing in boston. both sides looking to play the role of...
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before adding paul ryan to the ticket, president obama was a leading romney by 6 points, 49-43. only 31% say the country is better off since president obama took office. 42% say the country is worse off than it was four years ago. while most of the talk centers around his budget, ryan claims he has more experience than policem president obama did four years ago. >> tell us about your foreign policy experience. >> i've had to vote to send people to war on more than one occasion. i've gone to afghanistan and iraq to meet with the troops and learn from them. obviously i have more experience than president obama did when he became president. if you look at our current posture, president obama is leading from behind. >> as republicans are strolling around tampa next week, they may bump into a familiar face. democrats are sending joe biden to tampa for an event that will overlap the first day of the convention. yesterday in minneapolis vice president biden returned to the subject of wall street reform, this time with a new line of attack. >> over the objections of romney and all his a
before adding paul ryan to the ticket, president obama was a leading romney by 6 points, 49-43. only 31% say the country is better off since president obama took office. 42% say the country is worse off than it was four years ago. while most of the talk centers around his budget, ryan claims he has more experience than policem president obama did four years ago. >> tell us about your foreign policy experience. >> i've had to vote to send people to war on more than one occasion. i've...
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i am told that governor romney's new running mate, paul ryan might be around iowa the next few days, he is one of the leaders of congress standing in the way. so if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and our rural communities. we've got to put politics aside when it comes to doing the right thing for rural america and for iowa. >> today, mitt romney wraps up his battleground bus tour in ohio after spending yesterday sweeping through florida. romney hammered obama on the economy and looked to connect with hispanic voters in miami, during his stump speeches romney notably avoided the hot button issue of medicare. reporters didn't let him off the hook so easily. during an impromptu and rare press conference, mr. romney was grilled on the differences between paul ryan's controversial budget and his own plan. >> can you give us an idea of any principles in the ryan budget or significant things that you disagree. >> i can tell you what's radical and extreme is to spend a trillion dollars more every year than you take in it's radical and ext
i am told that governor romney's new running mate, paul ryan might be around iowa the next few days, he is one of the leaders of congress standing in the way. so if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and our rural communities. we've got to put politics aside when it comes to doing the right thing for rural america and for iowa. >> today, mitt romney wraps up his battleground bus tour in ohio after spending yesterday sweeping through...
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paul ryan speaking about a moral tipping point in united states, six months before romney's 47% remark. >> before too long we could become a society we were never, ever intended to be. we could become a society where the net majority of americans are takers, not makers. today 70% of americans get more benefit from the federal government in dollar value than they pay back in taxes. you could argue that we're already past that tipping point. the good news is, survey after survey, poll after poll, still shows that we are a center right 70/0 country. 70% of americans want the american dream. they believe the american idea. only 30%en watt their welfare state. what that tells us is at least half of those people currently in that category are there not of their wish or their will. >> ryan's comment were part of the keynote address at a gala dinner hosted by the american spectator. that was in november 201, ten months ago, well before he was considered to be a vice presidential running mate. >>> a pennsylvania judge will let voters go to the polls without photo i.d., upholding a controversial
paul ryan speaking about a moral tipping point in united states, six months before romney's 47% remark. >> before too long we could become a society we were never, ever intended to be. we could become a society where the net majority of americans are takers, not makers. today 70% of americans get more benefit from the federal government in dollar value than they pay back in taxes. you could argue that we're already past that tipping point. the good news is, survey after survey, poll after...
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the obama/biden ticket leaves romney/ryan among likely voters, 50% to 45% in a national survey. head-to-head. president obama's job approval reached the 50% mark. 48% disapprove of the job he's doing. on the direction of the country, 39% say the country is headed in the right direction. 55% say the wrong track. it's a seven point improvement from last month. on the economy, 42% say the economy will get better in 12 months. it's the highest number they have seen in two and a half years. when asked which is better to handle the economy, president obama is tied with romney. this is the first time romney has not led on that question. this latest polling is after the u.s. embassy attacks. 49% approve of foreign policy. last month that number was 54. this poll was taken before the release of mitt romney's remarks of the florida fund-raiser where he claimed nearly half the country believes they are victims who don't pay federal income tax. last night, president obama was here in new york and sat down with david letterman where he discussed those remarks for the first time. >> well, i d
the obama/biden ticket leaves romney/ryan among likely voters, 50% to 45% in a national survey. head-to-head. president obama's job approval reached the 50% mark. 48% disapprove of the job he's doing. on the direction of the country, 39% say the country is headed in the right direction. 55% say the wrong track. it's a seven point improvement from last month. on the economy, 42% say the economy will get better in 12 months. it's the highest number they have seen in two and a half years. when...
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two kids, whose day care funding is being cut off because of the romney/ryan budget and she doesn't know what to do. this is not about whether ann romney nor i or other women of, you know, some means can afford to make a choice to stay home and raise kids. most women in america, let's face it, don't have that choice. they have to be working moms and home moms. >> ann romney hit back against rosen's original comments. >> she should have come to my house when those five boys were causing so much trouble. it wasn't so easy. my career choice was to be a mother. and i think all of us need to know that we need to respect choices that women make. i will tell you that mitt said to me more times than i can imagine, ann, your job is more important than mine. i know what it's like to struggle, maybe i have not struggled as financially as others, but i've had struggles in my life. i would love to have people understand that mitt and i have compassion for people that are struggling. and that's why we're running. >> prominent democrats continue to distance themselves from rosen. michelle obama re
two kids, whose day care funding is being cut off because of the romney/ryan budget and she doesn't know what to do. this is not about whether ann romney nor i or other women of, you know, some means can afford to make a choice to stay home and raise kids. most women in america, let's face it, don't have that choice. they have to be working moms and home moms. >> ann romney hit back against rosen's original comments. >> she should have come to my house when those five boys were...
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to connect women voters to the romney/ryan ticket. her appearance follows a difficult, often ugly couple of weeks where a republican party thrown off-message by missouri senate candidate todd akin and his comments about rape and abortion. a big gender gap in this race. 60% of respondents in a cnn pin research poll says president obama is more in touch with women's problems, 31% for romney. a gallup poll scholls the president with an 8-point advantage among women. romney has an equal advantage among men. romney highlighted the health care law he signed in massachusetts, something he's shied away from. he was responding to charges from the obama campaign republican policies amount to a so-called war on women. >> with regards to women's health care, look, i'm the guy that was able to get health care for all of the women and men in my state. they're just talking about it at the federal level. we actually did something and we did it without cutting medicare and without raising taxes, number one. number two -- >> you're saying look at romne
to connect women voters to the romney/ryan ticket. her appearance follows a difficult, often ugly couple of weeks where a republican party thrown off-message by missouri senate candidate todd akin and his comments about rape and abortion. a big gender gap in this race. 60% of respondents in a cnn pin research poll says president obama is more in touch with women's problems, 31% for romney. a gallup poll scholls the president with an 8-point advantage among women. romney has an equal advantage...
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romney's running mate, paul ryan, called akin personally, asking him to leave the race. democrats were also quick to highlight that ryan had co-sponsored legislation with congressman akin that would outlaw all abortions, even in cases of rape. president obama yesterday stopped by the white house briefing room, making a rare and unannounced appearance to take questions and also weigh in on the controversy. >> the views expressed were offen offensive. rape is rape. and the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we're talking about doesn't make sense to the american people. and certainly doesn't make sense to me. so what i think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women. >> how delicate of a situation is this for republicans? well, the latest nbc wall street journal news poll shows obama with a 15-point advantage among women voters. >> the president's impromptu news conference covered issues from medicare to welfare. >> the on
romney's running mate, paul ryan, called akin personally, asking him to leave the race. democrats were also quick to highlight that ryan had co-sponsored legislation with congressman akin that would outlaw all abortions, even in cases of rape. president obama yesterday stopped by the white house briefing room, making a rare and unannounced appearance to take questions and also weigh in on the controversy. >> the views expressed were offen offensive. rape is rape. and the idea that we...
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. >> so the absence of specifics from candidate romney and his running mate, paul ryan opened the door for president obama yesterday on the campaign trail. >> governor romney and his allies tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions of more dollars on new tax breaks for the wealthy. listen, you've got to do the math because when my opponents were asked about it today, they couldn't. it was like 2 plus 1 equals 5. that's not bold leadership. that's bad math. that gets a failing grade. >> mitt romney also was pressed by david gregory on why he avoided mentioning the war in afghanistan and the troops during his convention speech in tampa. an omission that democrats and some republicans have criticized. >> it's interesting that people are curious about mentioning words in a speech as opposed to policy. and so i went to the american legion the day before i gave that speech. >> you weren't speaking to tens of millions of people when you went to the american legion. >> everywhere i go is spoken to tens of millions of people. that's the way it ought to be. i have some diffe
. >> so the absence of specifics from candidate romney and his running mate, paul ryan opened the door for president obama yesterday on the campaign trail. >> governor romney and his allies tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions of more dollars on new tax breaks for the wealthy. listen, you've got to do the math because when my opponents were asked about it today, they couldn't. it was like 2 plus 1 equals 5. that's not bold leadership. that's bad math. that...
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vice president biden and romney running mate paul ryan head-to-head. plus, a wave of new swing state polls all within the margin of error. we'll knock it around with our "morning joe" crew. when we come back, we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch john stewart take on the media obsession with polls, like the one i just told you we'll be obsessing over at the top of the hour. "way too early" coming right back. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. yeah. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate safe driving bonus check? what is that? so weird, right? my agent, tom, said... [ voice of dennis ] ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident-free... ...but i'm a woman. maybe it's a misprint. does it look like a m
vice president biden and romney running mate paul ryan head-to-head. plus, a wave of new swing state polls all within the margin of error. we'll knock it around with our "morning joe" crew. when we come back, we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch john stewart take on the media obsession with polls, like the one i just told you we'll be obsessing over at the top of the hour. "way too early" coming right back. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male...
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we have governor mitt romney and congressman paul ryan, and we need to make them the next president and vice president of the united states! >> governor christie also talked in his address about the need he says for shared sacrifice and being honest, as he says he's been, about addressing entitlements. >> we believe in telling our seniors the truth about our overburdened entitlements. we know seniors not only want these programs to survive, but they just as badly want them secured for their grandchildren. our seniors are not selfish. here's what they believe. they believe seniors will always put themselves ahead of their grandchildren. and here's what they do. they prey on their vulnerabilities and scare them with misinformation for the single, cynical purpose of winning the next election. here's their plan. whistle a happy tune while driving us off the fiscal cliff as long as they are behind the wheel of power when we fall. >> john heilman is the national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and msnbc political analyst and co-author of the bible about the 2008 presidential campaign,
we have governor mitt romney and congressman paul ryan, and we need to make them the next president and vice president of the united states! >> governor christie also talked in his address about the need he says for shared sacrifice and being honest, as he says he's been, about addressing entitlements. >> we believe in telling our seniors the truth about our overburdened entitlements. we know seniors not only want these programs to survive, but they just as badly want them secured...
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romney calls it an election year political stunt. from florida, romney heads to park city utah for a private weekend retreat with dozens of top donors and an all-star cast of republican supporters, including paul ryan, karl rove, jeb bush, tim pawlenty, condoleezza rice, and john mccain. he ended his bus tour hauling in something between $6 million and $8 million on wednesday alone. the obama campaign spent more money than it took in last month, spending almost $45 million on tv ads. romney's campaign spent just shy of $16 million. still, the obama campaign predicts that romney and the super packs backing him will have outspent the incumbent by $100 million by the end of june. the president has launched two more ads in eight key battleground states including pennsylvania, florida, and ohio, claiming that while governor of massachusetts mitt romney did cut taxes for the wealthy but raised taxes and fees for everyone else. >> i'm going to reduce taxes. >> as governor mitt romney did cut taxes on millionaires like himself, but raised ta
romney calls it an election year political stunt. from florida, romney heads to park city utah for a private weekend retreat with dozens of top donors and an all-star cast of republican supporters, including paul ryan, karl rove, jeb bush, tim pawlenty, condoleezza rice, and john mccain. he ended his bus tour hauling in something between $6 million and $8 million on wednesday alone. the obama campaign spent more money than it took in last month, spending almost $45 million on tv ads. romney's...
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it doesn't take away for a minute the fact that i was the first governor in america to endorse mitt romney, that i traveled literally tens of thousands of miles for him, raised tens of millions of dollars for him and worked harder i think than any other surrogate in america other than paul ryan. >>> hours after his re-election win, president obama dove right back into politics that loom over the fiscal cliff debate. he and his family returned to washington where the president called congressional leaders to talk about finding bipartisan solutions to reducing the debt, cut middle class taxes and create jobs. house speaker john boehner said under the right conditions republicans would consider new sources of raising revenue, but only if the president took an inclusive approach. >> mr. president, this is your moment. we're ready to be led, not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. we want you to lead, not as a liberal or conservative, but as president of the united states of america. we want you to succeed. let's challenge ourselves to find the common ground that has eluded us. let's
it doesn't take away for a minute the fact that i was the first governor in america to endorse mitt romney, that i traveled literally tens of thousands of miles for him, raised tens of millions of dollars for him and worked harder i think than any other surrogate in america other than paul ryan. >>> hours after his re-election win, president obama dove right back into politics that loom over the fiscal cliff debate. he and his family returned to washington where the president called...
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something similar to what paul ryan has done just down the way coming out of janesville. if he does something like that and makes a compelling case, then he's willing to take those risks that get america back on track for our kids and our grandkids. he can win. >> remember president obama won wisconsin in 2008 by 14 points. as far as state politics go, governor walker hopes to get together next week for burgers and brats with some demratocrat. >>> yesterday's 286-point surge welcomed news to wall street following big losses in four of the past five weeks. let's see what's behind all of that as we take an early look at the markets. steve sedgwick is leave in london. steve, good morning. why the jump? >> yeah, very good day to you. as you say, we had this 6% fall in may. i guess some people saying, it's overdone. volume was okay yesterday. over 7.5 billion shares traded, way above the nearly average around 6.8 billion. decent volume in in. it's more on hope than anything else. hope that on both sides of the atlantic, the ecb and indeed at the federal reserve we may see some
something similar to what paul ryan has done just down the way coming out of janesville. if he does something like that and makes a compelling case, then he's willing to take those risks that get america back on track for our kids and our grandkids. he can win. >> remember president obama won wisconsin in 2008 by 14 points. as far as state politics go, governor walker hopes to get together next week for burgers and brats with some demratocrat. >>> yesterday's 286-point surge...
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paul ryan. >> paul ryan. >> creative. >> creative? >> yeah, yeah. >> nikki haley? >> nikki haley, energetic. >> energetic. >> yeah. >> donald trump. >> huge. >> huge. rick santorum. >> press secretary. >> press secretary. >> one correction for governor romney, it's not huge, it's uge, you lose the "h." mitt romney is renovating his la jolla ocean side property, san diego area. politico had a new report. they got some plans from the city about a renovation he's doing on the place. $12 million expansion, which would triple the size of the property, includes a split-level, four-vehicle garage that comes with a car lift, an elevator for the cars, to transport vehicles between floors. the romney campaign got some criticism -- he's out of touch, he's got a car elevator, et cetera, et cetera. the campaign says it's simply a mechanism for storing cars in tight spaces, and we know how mitt romney loves cars. >> i love cars. i don't know, i mean, i grew up totally in love with cars. i drive a mustang and a chevy pickup truck. ann drives a couple cadillacs, actually. who, by
paul ryan. >> paul ryan. >> creative. >> creative? >> yeah, yeah. >> nikki haley? >> nikki haley, energetic. >> energetic. >> yeah. >> donald trump. >> huge. >> huge. rick santorum. >> press secretary. >> press secretary. >> one correction for governor romney, it's not huge, it's uge, you lose the "h." mitt romney is renovating his la jolla ocean side property, san diego area. politico had a new...
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last night hours after a roll call nominated mitt romney as the republican candidate, the convention capped off its full day with two highly anticipated speakers. first the candidate's wife, ann romney, followed by the keynote from new jersey, governor chris christie. mrs. romney was welcomed to the arena to a huge ovation. she delivered a speech that attempted to reshape some of the public perception about her husband. >> i'm still in love with that boy i met at a high school dance. and he still makes me laugh. i read somewhere that mitt and i have a storybook marriage. well, let me tell you something. in the storybooks i read, there never were long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. and those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called m.s. or breast cancer. a storybook marriage, nope, not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. >> mrs. romney also described some of the generosity about her husband that he doesn't speak about she says comfortably on his own. she also spent a good chunk speaking to women voters, combatting
last night hours after a roll call nominated mitt romney as the republican candidate, the convention capped off its full day with two highly anticipated speakers. first the candidate's wife, ann romney, followed by the keynote from new jersey, governor chris christie. mrs. romney was welcomed to the arena to a huge ovation. she delivered a speech that attempted to reshape some of the public perception about her husband. >> i'm still in love with that boy i met at a high school dance. and...
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one is to look at marco rubio and paul ryan and christie and bobby jindal. all those people want to run. they need to figure out how do i build up my own stature. they don't want to hurt the nominee, which is what christie did. the fact that it was there and written by a reporter that has known him for a long time suggests to me there is something. >> we have speeches tonight, ch rich ristie and ann romney. >> he is one of the few republicans that can pound on barack obama in a way that's going to electrify his audience. three or four daysi ago, he was on his sixth draft. it is reintroducing himself to the american people. he is going to be a fighter. they say he is going to tear apart barack obama. that's his job. i think that will be the most interesting speech. ann romney who is obviously really good. a gifted speaker. her job is to make everyone feel like mitt romney is much more human than they might think he is or see another dimension to his personality. she wants to not just tell the mitt romney story from the last few years but walk through his life
one is to look at marco rubio and paul ryan and christie and bobby jindal. all those people want to run. they need to figure out how do i build up my own stature. they don't want to hurt the nominee, which is what christie did. the fact that it was there and written by a reporter that has known him for a long time suggests to me there is something. >> we have speeches tonight, ch rich ristie and ann romney. >> he is one of the few republicans that can pound on barack obama in a way...
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congressman paul ryan, governors bobby jindal and susana martinez of new mexico round out the list. the obama team is denying suggestions the president was specifically targeting mitt romney's wealth when he said, quote, i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. romney reacted to the president's remark yesterday. >> i'm not going to apologize for my dad's success. but i know the president likes to attack fellow americans. he's always looking for a scapegoat, particularly those that have been successful like my dad. and i'm not going to rise to that. >> although democrats repeatedly have gone after mitt romney's bank account as a campaign issue, white house press secretary jay carney says the president was speaking in generalty about silver spoons. >> those of you who have covered president obama know that he has used that phrase to describe his background many times in the past, and i suppose anybody who thinks it was a reference to them might -- might be a little oversensitive. >> today romney holds campaign events in arizona, while president obama welcomes the wounded warrior
congressman paul ryan, governors bobby jindal and susana martinez of new mexico round out the list. the obama team is denying suggestions the president was specifically targeting mitt romney's wealth when he said, quote, i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. romney reacted to the president's remark yesterday. >> i'm not going to apologize for my dad's success. but i know the president likes to attack fellow americans. he's always looking for a scapegoat, particularly those that...